Konigs Wusterhausen

Konigs Wusterhausen is a metropolis in the Dahme-Spreewald district of the state of Brandenburg in Germany some kilometers outdoor Berlin. In 1320, in reference to an investiture on 19 September, the location and the citadel were given their first recognised documentary point out. By 1400, the two had been each a fiefdom held by means of the noble circle of relatives of Schlieben. In 1500 the estate of Wendisch Wusterhausen changed into established for the primary time through the Schenken of Landberg zu Teupitz. On 14 October 1669 Privy Councillor Friedrich von Jena obtained the castle and the village of Wendisch Wusterhausen.

In early July 1683, Kurprinz Friedrich, later Elector Friedrich III, and later still King Frederick I of Prussia, obtained the castle and the village. In 1698, Kurprinz Friedrich Wilhelm turned into given the fortress together with the connected property as a gift through his father. In 1707, the Crown Prince and later King Frederick William I of Prussia founded his Company, the "Potsdam Giants". Between 1713 and 1718, the castle become remodelled as a hunting inn, which his son Frederick II despised. In 1718, the city, hitherto referred to as Wusterhausen, became given its cutting-edge call, Konigs Wusterhausen.